This week's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #Fatherhood. Here are five of my favorites:

Ruth Brown: Papa Daddy (1959)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW0v8ZvY4jQ

Shep & the Limelites: Daddy's Home (1961)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIGla91-qmk

The Radiants: Father Knows Best (1962)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM2L-J5kLgc

Don Covay & the Goodtimers: Daddy Loves Baby (1965)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP_pOdJ-NCg

The Winstons: Color Him Father (1969)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XngIdbFMXwc

#RuthBrown #ShepandtheLimelites #Radiants #DonCovay #Winstons

Today's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #Children. Here are the first five songs that I came up with:

Don Covay & the Goodtimers: Daddy Loves Baby (1965)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tEQBBoedwA

O.V. Wright: He's My Son (Just The Same) (1973)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLrzO1GSHDE

Jackie DeShannon: Child Of Mine (1971, originally unreleased)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gWXbddsfPE

Jean Wells: Broomstick Horse Cowboy (1968)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2DCkznPSTs

The Playmates: "A" My Name Is Alice (1963)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9Fv__e-olI

#music #doncovay #ovwright #jackiedeshannon #caroleking #jeanwells #playmates

Another old favorite for today's #TuneTuesday theme, #SongsFromTheFuture. Written by Luther Dixon and Don Covay, the lyrics of this song deal with much more gloomy issues:

The Shirelles: Dooms Day (1964)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv3ZCewZFLc

#music #Shirelles #girlgroups #DonCovay #LutherDixon #ScepterWand

🔊 #NowPlaying on #fip

Don Covay:
🎵 Everything I do gonh be funky (from now on)

#DonCovay

https://open.spotify.com/track/2DeZEHRDH35GWfHMkAV6Ih

#TheMorningLine:

#CurtBoettcher, Another Time
#TheLondonSuede, When You Were Young
#TheTeddybears feat. #DaddyBoastin', Ahead Of My Time
#WrecklessEric, Forget Who You Are
#DonCovay, Sweet Pea (Don't Love Nobody)
#ToddRundgren feat. #TommyCosgrove, Lady On The Terrace
#OVWright, A Long Road